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BNP, AL likely to face off centring Oct 28 rally

Shawdesh desk: The main opposition Bangladesh Nationalist Party and the ruling Awami League are scheduled to engage in another bout of street rivalry in Dhaka on October 28 when the

BNP seeks DMP’s permission for holding rally in Dhaka Oct 28

Shawdesh desk: Bangladesh Nationalist Party on Saturday took necessary steps for securing permission from the Dhaka Metropolitan Police to hold its grand rally on October 28 in front of their

Bangladesh PM inaugurates Bar Council Building

Shawdesh desk: Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Saturday inaugurated the newly constructed 15-storey building of Bangladesh Bar Council in Dhaka. The building with state-of-the-art facilities costing Tk 138 crore has adequate

Awami League lawmaker Shahjahan Mia dies

Shawdesh desk: Shahjahan Mia, lawmaker of Patuakhali-1 constituency and also president of Patuakhali district unit Awami League, passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 85. Shahjahan

Hamas attacked Israel to foil its ties with Saudi Arabia: Joe Biden

Shawdesh desk: United States president Joe Biden on Friday said that he believed Hamas’s brutal attack on Israel two weeks ago was aimed at disrupting warming ties between the country

Ex-US president Trump fined by NY judge for violating gag order

Shawdesh Desk: The New York judge presiding over Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial fined the former United States president $5,000 on Friday for not complying with a partial gag order

Dengue rages in rural areas in Bangladesh

Shawdesh Desk: Dengue fever rages in rural Bangladesh like wildfire, infecting more than one member of almost every family as the government has failed to recognise the disease as an

Awami League advisory council member Fakhrul Islam Munshi dies

Shawdesh Desk: Awami League advisory council member and former deputy minister AFM Fakhrul Islam Munshi passed away at a hospital in Dhaka on Saturday. He was 76. Fakhrul Islam,